ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022
Excessive intake of sugar: An accomplice of inflammation.
Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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143 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 287 citations in OpenAlex.
- Can poor nutrition and diet influence temporomandibular disorder? A systematic review.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Fructose-Containing Dietary Exposures and Pediatric Atopic Disease: A Review of Epidemiologic Evidence.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary intake of different carbohydrate types and asthma risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition journal · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary Sugar and Sweetened Beverage Intake Increases Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Pooled it
- Dose-Response Associations Between Diet and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- The association between ultra-processed food and common pregnancy adverse outcomes: a dose-response systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Association of sugar consumption with risk of depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Probiotics Partly Suppress the Impact of Sugar Stress on the Oral Microbiota-A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Beneficial Effects of a Dual Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor-Thromboxane Antagonist in Counteracting High-Fat Diet-Induced Metaflammation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of refined carbohydrates on immune markers after weight loss on a very-low-carbohydrate diet: A randomized controlled feeding trial.Cell press blue · 2026Article
- Gummies: From Confectionery to Functional Hydrogel-Based Bioactive Delivery Systems.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Identification of Critical Genes for Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer by Transcriptome Data Analysis and Mendelian Randomization.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2026Article
- Effects of High-Dextrose Intake on the Structural and Functional Properties of the Small Intestine in Young-Maturing and Middle-Aged Rats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Early-Life Cumulative Intake of Ultra-Processed Foods and Subcortical Brain Volume at Age Six Years: A Prospective Cohort Study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations of unsweetened and sweetened coffee and tea consumption with incident cardiovascular disease: a large prospective cohort study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incident depression: an exploratory multi-omics analysis of candidate biological mediators.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
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- Bifidobacterium pseudolongum TISTR 2737 Supplementation Alleviates High Fructose-Induced Vascular Injury and Inflammation by Modulating eNOS Uncoupling, AGEs/RAGE Pathway, and NADPH Oxidase Expression.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
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Abstract
High sugar intake has long been recognized as a potential environmental risk factor for increased incidence of many non-communicable diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Dietary sugars are mainly hexoses, including glucose, fructose, sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). These sugars are primarily absorbed in the gut as fructose and glucose. The consumption of high sugar beverages and processed foods has increased significantly over the past 30 years. Here, we summarize the effects of consuming high levels of dietary hexose on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and low-grade chronic inflammation. Based on these reported findings, we emphasize that dietary sugars and mixed processed foods may be a key factor leading to the occurrence and aggravation of inflammation. We concluded that by revealing the roles that excessive intake of hexose has on the regulation of human inflammatory diseases are fundamental questions that need to be solved urgently. Moreover, close attention should also be paid to the combination of high glucose-mediated immune imbalance and tumor development, and strive to make substantial contributions to reverse tumor immune escape.
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